Saturday, October 25, 2008

It's Saturday!

Hey There Everyone,

Let me start this update with some pictures from Friday.

The above is the "main house" where we checked in and breakfast and dinner was served. This is the house where our suite was.
And here we are at dinner last night. I think I have already talked about the meal. It was good!


Today we have spent a LOT of time in the car! It's a good thing we started out earlier this morning because we didn't get to the 1st glass area until 3:00. Things close at 4:00. We made one stop and looked at a couple of stores and then we headed off to our final destination of Kalmar. It is a nice little town. We are 300 meters from a huge castle. It was too dark when we got out so we will add pictures tomorrow. We are staying in the Slott Hotel tonight. It is nice and small. The bathroom is like a small closet but hey we could have had bigger but it was on the 3rd floor and there is no elevator so we chose the 1st floor! Here is a beautiful piece of art we did manage to see. And then there is the hotel.





Tonight we are on our own for dinner so we walked to the town square and found a nice little Italian restaurant. I had lasagna and Dennis had spaghetti with mussels, shrimp and some other seafood. It was all very good.


I must say that one of the hard things about this trip is missing football games on tv! Especially today when Alabama will play Tennessee tonight at 7:45 which is 1:45 A.M. here! I haven't been getting the greatest sleep so who knows I may just have to listen over the internet. Another thing that has really surprised us has been all of the interest in the election over here. I actually saw a guy with a Obama button on the other day. It is in all of the headlines and on the BBC news almost constantley. Early voting and the whole nine yards.

Tomorrow we will head out "early" to make the most of the 3 glass factory stops. I have talked with the lady at the front desk and she has given me the scoop. The first one opens at 10:00 and it is about 40 minutes away. Tomorrow night we are still traveling south (I think) and we should wind up in Thofoholm. On Monday we will travel back to Gothenburg where we will drop our luggage off at the SPA and then drop my car off at the factory. They will then bring us back to the spa. I think a swedish massage might just be in my future!

Anyway, I need to run for now. I need to check in with the front desk because earlier she thought that the time was to change tonight. If so we get an extra hour of sleep! Dennis has had no problem sleeping on this trip! He is laying on the bed now just snoring away! Anyway, thanks for all of your prayers as we have been away. If you don't mind, please add Tristians childcare to the list. Jessica found out yesterday that his current sitter will only be keeping him until November 7th. So we need to find other care. Child care is such an issue with Jessica's schedule she only needs care on M, T (10ish to 6ish) and Friday 9ish to 6ish. She is off on Wed and Thursday and Jimmy picks the kids up when he gets off work. At daycare centers part-time schedules don't exist that we can find because they have to "hold" a spot open for him when he is there. So if you don't mind to make this a matter of prayer we would greatly apprecitate it!

Go BAMA!
Blessed!
Robin

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